[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 120 (Thursday, September 12, 2013)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D857-D858] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Thursday, September 12, 2013 [[Page D857]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S6403-S6471 Measures Introduced: Eight bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1497-1504, and S. Res. 223-226. Page S6446 =========================== NOTE =========================== On page D857, September 12, 2013, in the first column, the following language appears: Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1497-1504, and S. Res. 223-226. The Record has been corrected to read: Measures Introduced: Eight bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1497-1504, and S. Res. 223-226. ========================= END NOTE ========================= Measures Reported: S. 559, to establish a fund to make payments to the Americans held hostage in Iran, and to members of their families, who are identified as members of the proposed class in case number 1:08-CV-00487 (EGS) of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 113-104) S. 815, to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 113-105) S. Res. 223, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary. S. Res. 224, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Page S6445 Measures Considered: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 1392, to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 12Pending: Wyden (for Merkley) Amendment No. 1858, to provide for a study and report on standby usage power standards implemented by States and other industrialized nations. Page S6408 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 4 p.m., on Monday, September 16, 2013, Senate resume consideration of the bill. Page S6471 Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States: Transmitting, pursuant to law, principles for modernizing the military compensation and retirement systems; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-18) Page S6441 Campbell-Smith and Kaplan Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 5 p.m., on Monday, September 16, 2013, Senate begin consideration of the nominations of Patricia E. Campbell- Smith, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims; that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote, without intervening action or debate, on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed; and that no further motions be in order. Page S6471 Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination: Victoria Nuland, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs). Page S6471 Messages from the House: 30Enrolled Bills Presented: Communications: 30Executive Reports of Committees: l Cosponsors: 30Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 30Additional Statements: 30Amendments Submitted: 30Authorities for Committees to Meet: 30Privileges of the Floor: nt: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:57 p.m., uurnmentil 2 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2013. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6471.) [[Page D858]]